Material and Manufacturing Processing

Catalog description

To introduce the physical fundamentals of manufacturing processes; with emphasis placed on those physical principles that are common to several, apparently unrelated, processes. Students learn material selection and processes, especially for metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites. Topics include: geometric attributes of manufactured parts, service attributes of manufactured products, materials in design and manufacturing, machining and nontraditional machining processes, joining processes, surface treatments, manufacturing of semiconductor devices, manufacturing systems, and dynamics of manufacturing in a globalized economy.